The Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium is composed of more than 30 world-class marine scientists and technical specialists who have devoted their careers to improving ocean health through leveraging applied research and data-driven conservation efforts. Learn more about them and their research.
Vice President
John Mandelman, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Scientist
Senior Scientists and Program Directors
Moira Brown, Ph.D., Scientist Emeritus
Elizabeth Burgess, Ph.D., Chair, Marine Stress and Ocean Health (MSOH)
Salvatore Cerchio, Ph.D., Anderson Cabot Center Visiting Scientist
Peter Corkeron, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Chair, Kraus Marine Mammal Conservation Program
Kara Dodge, Ph.D., Research Scientist
Jeff Kneebone, Ph.D., Associate Scientist I
Amy Knowlton, Senior Scientist
Kelly Kryc, Ph.D., Director, Ocean Policy
Philip Hamilton, Senior Scientist
Charles Innis, VDM, Associated Scientist
Katie McConnell, Director, Operations
Dan Pendleton, Ph.D., Research Scientist I
Jessica V. Redfern, Senior Scientist
Elizabeth Stephenson, Director, Marine Conservation Action Fund (MCAF)
Nick Whitney, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Chair, Bycatch Solutions
Program and Scientific Staff
John Chisholm, Adjunct Scientist
Michelle Cho, Project Lead, Wild Fisheries
Bess Edwards, MCAF Program Coordinator
Laura Ganley, Postdoctoral Associate Research Scientist
Katherine Graham, Assistant Scientist
Marianna Hagbloom, Research Assistant
Brooke Hodge, Associate Scientist I
Kelsey Howe, Research Assistant
Emily Jones, Associate Scientist I
Marilyn Marx, Assistant Scientist
Katherine McKenna, Research Assistant
Orla O’Brien, Assistant Scientist
Heather Pettis, Associate Scientist I
Harold “Wes” Pratt, Adjust Scientist
Matt Thompson, Project Lead, Aquaculture
Amy Warren, Research Assistant
Lena Weiss, Fisheries Specialist
Monica Zani, Assistant Scientist
Graduate Students
Connor Capizzano, Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Research Assistant, FSET